ACR REF/AF Career Development Bridge Funding Award

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The REF and the Arthritis Foundation have partnered to create the ACR REF/AF Career Development Bridge Funding Award to help foster investigators in the early stages of their career as they prepare their NIH K08/K23 application resubmissions. Our intent is to provide up to one-year of bridge funding to support these promising applicants as they resubmit their applications. We believe this support will provide the encouragement—and the protected time—they need to succeed in obtaining their K awards, and ultimately, to become independent researchers.

For complete information about the award and requirements, please download the Request for Applications below.

All applicants and award recipients must abide by REF Awards and Grants Policy at all times.

For more information about this award, please contact the REF office by e-mail or by phone at (404) 633-3777.

Request for Applications

FY 2009 Award Recipients

Giovanni Franchin, MD, PhD
The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research

Mariko Ishimori, MD
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Soumya Raychaudhuri, MD, PhD
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Sujata Sarkar, MD
University of Arizona

Jason Jungsik Song, MD, MS
Stanford University

James W. Verbsky, MD, PhD
Medical College of Wisconsin